Metallic water-closet seat and cover.



P. A. STEPHAN.

METALLIC WATER GLOSET SEAT AND COVER.

-APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 21', 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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l N ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK A. STEPHAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOHN T. BYRNE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

METALLIC WATER-CLOSET SEAT AND COVER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application led September 21, 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

serial No. 518,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. STE- PHAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Metallic Vater-Closet Seat and Cover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved metallic water closet seat and cover, which is exceedingly light, strong and durable and not liable to crack or warp as frequently happens in seats and covers made of wood and heretofore constructed. For the purpose mentioned, the seat and cover are both formed of sheet metal, the body of the sea-t being in the form of a, flat annulus having` its edges bent downward, and the cover being in the form of a disk having its edge turned down, both the seat and cover being rendered exceedingly strong` on account of the turned down edges.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved seat and cover; Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a partial inverted plan view of the same; and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same on the line 4-4 of Fig. l.

The seat A and the cover B are of metal, preferably sheet metal, and are connected at their rear ends with post hinges C, to allow of swinging the seat and the cover simultaneously or independently one of the other, from an open position to a closed position and vice versa. The body A of the seat A is in the form of an annulus (oval or circular) having its inner and outer edges A2 and A3 bent downwardly, the outer edge A3 being beaded, the edge terminating in an upwardly-bent ange A, as plainly shown in Fig. 2. The leaves C of the post hinges C have their terminals C2 bent to conform to and to fit onto the edge A3 and its iange At, and bolts D are employed to4 fasten the leaf terminals C2, the edge A3 and the flange A4 together, as indicated in Fig. 4.

On the under side of the body A are arranged rests or supports E, preferably three in number, one at the front and the other two at the sides, the said rests or supports being adapted to be seated on the top of the rim of the bowl of the water closet. The rests E are arranged approximately radially, and each rest extends between the inner edge A2 and the flange A4 of the outer edge A3, and each rest is preferably made in the form of a bar of wood or other material, and secured by a bolt F to the body A. The nut F of the bolt is preferably riveted tothe body at the middle thereof, as indicated in Fig. 2. The under side of each rest E is covered with a strip Gr of soft rubber 0r other suitable material, to prevent cracking, marring or otherwise injuring the rim of the water closet bowl when the seat is used.

The body A of the seat A is preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal,

stamped or otherwise fashioned to give the described shape to the body- A, and the cover B is likewise formed from a single piece of sheet metal, stamped or otherwise fashioned to produce an oval or circular disk having a turned down edge B adapted to rest on top of the body A of the seat A.

The terminals of the leaves C2 of the post hinge C are bent under the turned down edge B, to lit the under side of the cover B, to which the leaves C2 are fastened by rivets H or other fastening devices.

The body A of the seat A as well as the cover B are preferably enameled, to render the seat and cover exceedingly smooth and absolutely sanitary.

The seat and cover produced in the manner described, are exceedingly light, strong and durable, and not liable to crack, Warp or otherwise get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A water closet seat and cover of sheet metal, said seat comprising an annulus having its inner edge turned down and the outer edge turned down and beaded, and rests comprising transverse bars of wood extending between the bead and the turned down edge, said seat having a nipple on its under face adjacent to each bar, a screw extending through the bar and engaging the nipple, and a strip of flexible material secured to the lower face of such bar, said cover consisting of a disk' having its edges turned down and normally resting on the seat.

2. A water closet seat and cover of sheet metal, said seat comprising an annulus having its inner edge turned down, and its outer edge turned down and beaded, and rests comprising transverse bars of wood extending between the bead and the turned down edge, said seat having a nipple on its under face adjacent to each bar, a screw extending through the bar and engaging the nipple, said cover consisting of a disk having its edges turned down and normally resting on the seat.

8. A water closet seat of metal, consisting of an annulus having its inner and Outer edges turned down, and transverse rests arranged radially between said edges, each rest consisting of a. bar having a lining of elastic material on its under face, the seat having a nipple on its under face adjacent to each bar, and a screw passing through the bar and engaging the nipple.

L1. A water closet seat, comprising 'a sheet metal body in the form of an annulus and having outer and inner turned down edges, and rests attached to the under side of the said body and each extending approximately radially between the said outer and inner edges, each rest being of wood and having a lining of elastic material on the under side.

5. A water closet seat having an annular body of a single piece of sheet metal, the body having turned down inner and outer edges, the outer edge terminating in an upwardly curved flange, and bars disposed radially on the under side of the said body between the said inner edge and the flange ofthe said outer edge said bars engaging the under surface of the seat and being flush with the edges.

6. A water closet seat having an annular body of a. single piece of sheet metal, the body having turned down inner and outer edges, the outer edge terminating in an upwardly curved flange, bars disposed radially on the under side of the said body between the under surface of the seat the said inner edge and the flange of the said outer edge, and a rubber lining on the under side of each bar.

7 A water closet seat having an annular body of a single piece of sheet metal, the body having turned down inner and outer edges, the outer edge terminating in an upwardly curved flange, hinge leaves having their terminals bent around the said outer turned down edge and its flange, and means for fastening the said hinge leaf terminals and the said edge and its flange together.

8. A water closet seat having an annular body of a single piece of sheet metal, the body having turned down inner and outer edges, the outer edge terminating in an upwardly curved iiange, hinge leaves having their terminals bent around the said outer turned down edge of its flange, and bolts for fastening the said hinge leaf terminals and the said edge and its flange together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK A. STEPHAN.

Vitnesses F. W. HANAFORD, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs. 

